The bestselling author of Lovers & Players returns with her 25th fabulous novel and her most beloved character...Get ready for the scan...
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Dec 17, 2009
Christina
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I love the Lucky Santangelo series by jackie collins, so I picked this up at the library since it was the next in the series and it's been at least five years since the last one was out.
really good, except it did get a bit annoying how often the past books kept being brought up, but I think that could help for someone who hasn't ever read any book in this series.
as usual, she had a kick ass surprise ending with lots of twists! :)
really good, except it did get a bit annoying how often the past books kept being brought up, but I think that could help for someone who hasn't ever read any book in this series.
as usual, she had a kick ass surprise ending with lots of twists! :)
Aug 18, 2011
Vette32
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This book was...not good. Like most reviewers have mentioned, I didn't care for ANY of the characters and got tired of the constant praise for the Santangelo family. The plot wasn't even stimulating. Another Bonatti(gasp) wants revenge on the Santangelos. This plot has been done to death now. The other plot revolving around Max (hate that name) wasn't even interesting. She spent exactly one whole weekend being "kidnapped" and then back to usual family life. Lennie was reduced to Lucky'
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Mar 07, 2011
Amanda
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Whoa. That was an unexpected ending. I was slightly dissatisfied with the end though, but it was fine. The book was really entertaining, but like the other Jackie Collins novel I read, it was not really anything more. It's like watching a TV show like Gossip Girl or 91201, you don't gain anything from it and you sort of forget about it over time. In a few months I will probably only vaguely remember what happened in this book and just say "Yeah... I read that... it was okay I guess."
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Aug 09, 2011
Kara
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Nobody writes better stories about rich, famous people than Jackie Collins. In the sixth book in her Lucky Santangelo series, she shows she’s still on top. No whiny chick-lit about life at the bottom of the ladder even comes close. Though I like her books that start with characters before they’re rich and famous more than the ones that start with the money and power already in place, after the first couple chapters are done gushing about how rich and famous everyone is, I get in my Jackie gro
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Jun 25, 2008
Nikki
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Drop Dead Beautiful is based on the Santangelos, a wealthy Italian family living in LA. I love the Italian aura of Godfathers, tradition, and spicy meatballs :)
Jackie Collins can hold ones attention, but this is not a book I would recommend to my fellow readers unless they are in the mood for a shallow 'eye for an eye' Hollywood story.
Jackie Collins can hold ones attention, but this is not a book I would recommend to my fellow readers unless they are in the mood for a shallow 'eye for an eye' Hollywood story.
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Aug 03, 2011
Georgina
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I was at the library the other day and came across Drop Dead Beautiful by Jackie Collins. I always look for Jackie Collins if I want an easy going book filled with luxury, the rich and famous and Hollywood. This book is part of the Lucky Santangelo series and while I have not read the previous books it was easy to get into the story line due to Jackie Collins making many references to the previous books throughout. The book was pretty fast paced, fill with lots of different characters, without t
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Sep 21, 2010
Lynann
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Written in third person omniscient, this book chronicles the main character's, Lucky Santangelo, brand new Las Vegas hotel opening. With so many different people trying to sabotage the grand opening of The Keys for so many different reasons, Lucky faces challenge after challenge posed by her daughter, secret enemies from her past, 'frenimies', and age old family enemies. Collins also throws in other antidotes of love and sex, which gives the book a whole other element of sexy and interesting.
Aug 21, 2009
Emily
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There was a point, maybe 100 pages in, where I swore if I saw the words "totally," "major," or "way" again I was going to throw the book out the window. As in "he has a like [totally, major, or way:] hot bod." However, I kept reading because as annoyed as I was I really wanted to know what happened to the characters (who all had stripper names like Chyna, Lucky, Venus, Cookie, and so on.) I would give this book a solid 2 stars because I couldn't put it d
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May 05, 2011
Pansy
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I have not read a Jackie Collins book in so long, but the audio was at the library and I said, "Why not"? It wasn't bad. I mean for Jackie Collins. Lucky Santangelo,family and friends are still together and trying to rule the world. It passed the time away while I was driving and I might listening to the book.
Mar 13, 2010
Stephanie
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I wanted to keep reading to see what happened. In the beginning few pages it was hard, because the author was introducing so many new characters. But she did an excellent job distinguishing them so you could remember who was who. Great book!!
Aug 07, 2010
Athena
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I love to read about Lucky! I give this a four though because compared to the other stories it was not as intense..Still a good read. Max, Lucky's daughter wants to meet a boy she has met on the internet, Lucky is opening a new casino in Vegas, Gino is having a birthday this is pretty much the book the rest is just filler....
Feb 06, 2010
Meggy
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Wow... sexy or what? I read this book the first day I got it and I really was hooked to it. This is a must read!!!
Would not recommend this to small children if I was you.
Would not recommend this to small children if I was you.
Jun 19, 2011
Stephanie
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Another great book of Jackie Collins. Again she has an array of characters and she intertwines all of them throughout the book. The ending does not disappoint!
Aug 24, 2010
Melissa
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On audio. Jackie Collins, what can I say? Nice entertaining listen. Her characters are awesome and everyone gets what they deserve in the end. The recording did bother me at first because the narrator was a very deep-voiced man, which I thought was a little incongruous, but after a while it didn't bother me. None of the characters bear any resemblance to people I actually know.
Aug 09, 2011
This is definitely not literature but fun, trashy and raunchy with lots of gratuitious sex and fabulousness.
Oct 09, 2010
I'm listening to this on cd - not really my style so I can't say I'm enjoying it. Well. In the end it was better than okay but the ending was kind of anticlimatic. There was all this build up & then a summary without any real fireworks.
Jul 28, 2011
Roberta
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Good book...know some of the places mentioned in the book...always makes it fun...good summer reading...
Sep 13, 2009
Michele
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Love Jackie Collins - read this in a day and a half. Fast-paced, easy read with a mystery thrown in there.
Jan 05, 2012
Sandy
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Classic Collins ... I love the way she's grown Lucky (one of her main characters in many books) into a sophisticated and classy woman.
Sep 26, 2011
Dotty
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Good read,I haven't read any Lucky Santangelo for at least twenty years. It was good catching up.
Jul 29, 2011
Oy.......trashy, chic lit, not very good, but I bought it since the book was on the $5 table at B&N
Jun 03, 2011
Molly
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very good read! have to go on the search for other jackie collins reads and the rest of this series!
Apr 26, 2011
Alfreda
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this book was so amazing, i read it in two day because i couldn't put it down
Feb 23, 2009
Karen
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Another great book in the Lucky Santangelo Series, couldn't put it down - definately a page turner.
Dec 30, 2008
Meaghan
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My first read by this author. Have picked up first in series to read.
Nov 09, 2008
Vivien
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Lucky Santangelo a long time Las Vegas star has come back with more pizzazz. Lucky is not a teenager anymore she is grown-up and intelligent, and prepared to maintain her place in Las Vegas. On the other hand, a fatal rival is now out for her. He thinks he has his second chance to revenge, to take everything from Lucky, her money, her family, mainly her life. He knows his chance in revenging on Lucky is one out of one-million. He decides to take one of her prize possessions. Will this thing that
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Oct 17, 2011
Tiffany
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I love the Lucky series. I have read and reread all of the series. This book was pretty good but the kidnapping plot is getting a little over worked. But over all I enjoyed the book.
Aug 01, 2011
Jade
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Pretty good! There were so many main characters; it took a while to remember each person's story.
